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Excellent banger at Christmas dinner, standard (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crackerjack

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'excellent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'banger at christmas dinner standard' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'banger' could be 'cracker' (synonyms) and 'cracker' is present in the answer.
'standard' could be 'jack' (both can refer to a flag) and 'jack' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for crackerjack that I've seen before include "Exceptionally good" , "Wonderful (person or thing)" , "Excellent (person or thing)" , "Exceptional (thing or person) - 1970s' children's programme" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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